There are a few dozen words in the U.S. Constitution about religion - and they're kind of cryptic. How does our country of 300 million people figure out its entire religion-state arrangement with this handful of phrases? Canada's official balance of religion and government is just as murky, and perhaps that's a blessing.

Jacques Berlinerblau, associate professor of Jewish Civilization at Georgetown UniversityMarc DeGirolami, associate director at the Center for Law and Religion at St. John's UniversityLori Beaman, professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa